The American War

Do you remember the American War
 It wasn't that long ago it was fought on every shore
 Are you trying to tell me that you didn't know?
 I saw you reading the paper at the corner store
 (Yes, I know, that's a joke)
 Did you ever think you lived inside the belly of the beast?
 Are you giving it something nice to eat
 Or are you waiting for your very own special treat?
 We like to live on easy street
 Do you remember all the people we bombed
 All the homes that were there that are now gone
 Well whoever told you that life was fair
 People have to die
 Over there
 Did you ever think this was the greatest country in the world?
 With freedom and democracy and SUV's called Liberty
 for every boy and girl?
 The oyster chokes on it's own pearl
 We know you can't help where you're born
 It's not that you're foreign
 It's what you stand for
 We know it's hard to strat reform
 The revolution's born
 But no one claims it
 (Winning Ticket)
 Do you remember the American War
 We thought it was fun but it was a bore
 Do you remember the American War
 We forgot what we were fighting for
 We forgot what we were fighting for